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Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa, Durban,South Africa

Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa
8 Montreal Road, Glen Anil,
P.O. Box 40002, RED HILL
Durban  4071
South Africa
Phone : 27 31 569 2974
Telefax : 27 31 569 3058
Email : vedanta@ramakrishna-sa.org.za
Website: www.ramakrishna-sa.org.za



The centre was founded in 1942 and was made a branch of Ramakrishna Mission in March 2007. Swami Vimokshananda is the President of the centre.

Activities of the Mission centre :

  1. Medical services : Providing specialist medical and surgical services to poor patients by giving consultancy services in 3 state hospitals, 2 private  hospitals and 40 medical clinics / camps, conducting general surgery, hip-replacement surgery, cataract operation camps, counselling, health awareness programmes, care-giver training, etc. During the year, 7210 patients were treated, including 255 who underwent surgeries. The centre has a 35-bed home at KwaMashu (Ramakrishna Ethembeni Home) and another 45-bed home at Inanda (Ramakrishna Abalindi Home), both for terminally ill patients. It also runs quarterly veterinary clinics in informal settlements.

  1. Publication of an English quarterly Jyoti, and some booklets in
    local languages, Zulu and Afrikaans.

  1. Three one-year certificate courses on Hindu Studies, Bhagavad
    Gita Studies and Religious Educare, 140 students appeared for 
    the examination.

  1. A research library and a bookshop.

  1. Development of Children and the Youth : Weekly classes on
    Hinduism for children (425 children), youth development (120
    youths), Karate (70 students), and two annual cultural festivals
    for children attended by 1450 students.

  1. Programmes for self-reliance and skill development by
    sponsoring students for education and training, donating sewing
    machines to some organizations, which train women in sewing
    etc in rural areas.

  1. Legal Advisory Desk (with 13 advocates), which operates weekly
    to provide legal help to senior citizens, orphans and the destitute.

  1. Daily worship, meditation and prayers, arati, reading from
    the scriptures, regular classes, discourses, audio-visual
    presentations, retreats for adults and children, etc. Shrines are
    maintained at seven places viz., Chatsworth, Pietermaritzburg,
    Ladysmith, Newcastle, Dundee, Johannesburg and Phoenix.

  1. Celebration of the birthdays of Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Sarada Devi,
    Swami Vivekananda and other spiritual luminaries, and festivals
    like Durga Puja.

  1. At Phoenix, the centre maintains (a) a shrine, (b) a superspeciality
    clinic, (c) a relief shelter for distressed women and
    children, and (d) a family welfare centre, where daily feeding
    and nutrition programmes are conducted.

  1. Weekly Senior Citizens Forum for nearby 500 senior citizen.

  1. Three family welfare centres at Phoenix, Chatsworth and Ladysmith from where humanitarian services are rendered among indigent communities.

Additional Photos of the Activities of the Centre:

    Ashrama View
        Ashrama View

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This information on Centre's activities is collected from
The General Report of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, April 2012.
(From April 2010 to March 2011)

 


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